Reviews for BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse in San Mateo, CA

Large menu selection. Chose the prime rib on offer, because I love prime rib. The request for a medium well rib came as a... medium rare, and was not well marbled as described but rather fatty. Was not enjoyable at all. A request for sweet potato fries,by my daughter, turned out to be ordinary potato fries. Other part of our meals were ok. Little disappointed as this was ourfirst visit to this establishment. The service, however, was good. Would really have to reconsider my choice of a return visitin the future if the kitchen does not improve their performance. Read more

Super tasty food, we love the taste. Perfectly spiced. we ordered avocado egg roll and jambalaya. Good for two. ????Place is... wheelchair accessible. Read more

The food at BJ's is not bad. I wanted the weekends only prime rib. Of course with my luck, it was no longer available on Sat. It... was supposed to be available all weekend. We had the crispy chicken sandwich $15, parmesan crusted chicken $21, rib eye steak14oz $30 and a churro pizookie. The food tasted dry all across our three entrees. It wasn't bad, not great. My steak neededsauce. Service was so-so. Our drinks arrived after entrees. I was able to get my steak at the same price as the prime rib sincethey were out of the prime rib. Which was nice. So, good job the crew at BJ's. Read more

There were no wait when we came considering it's a weekend. We got seated right away. The server is attentive. He suggested few... vegan options or foods that can be made to vegan for me. The one I ended up getting is good since I'm looking for somethingsavory but light. The wait for the food took a little longer than normal but overall it was a pleasing visit Read more

Came in for desert. I had the Mikey bread with vanilla bean ice cream. I was not disappointed. Due to staffing shortages I had... to sit at the bar but the bar tender was friendly and patient. When In the area I’ll be back Read more

Big portions and a good variety of food. They had so many options I had a difficult time choosing what to get. The appetizers... were also pretty good (I may have eaten the appetizers more than my entree...). The pizookies were actually really good and Iwill be getting them again in the future. I gave a lower rating because of a few downsides. The wasabi guac (which I was lookingforward to) in my entree had no hint of wasabi whatsoever and the nachos were all really really stuck to the parchment paper, soI definitely ate some pieces of paper along the way. They were a bit busy, but our server would be gone for a while and rarelychecked in on us, so it was difficult to order more or get refills. In the end the food was pretty good, but perhaps ourexperience would've been better on a less busy day... Read more

Always enough parking for a big group which is the best part. Our server was really nice, efficient, and knowledgeable. We came... on a Friday so we were able to get the prime rib which was surprisingly good with great marbling. Potato skins were okay. Theartichoke dip was good and the chips were fresh. This was my first pizookie and I’m a fan. Read more

This place was fantastic! We enjoyed the patio and had great food & service. The nachos were HUGE - more than a meal by itself.... The kids liked their food and LOVED the pizookie. They had nice heaters they turned on as it got colder outside. Great diningexperience. Read more